@3Mukaddim! Muwakhir! by these names still Praise Him who hath forewarned, and doth fulfill@1. When the trumpet shall be ringing, Then the threatened Day hath come, Every soul to judgment bringing. Each soul shall itself deliver With two Angels, unto doom, With a Witness and a Driver. He that driveth shall say, "Vainly Warned we thee, till this upholding Of the veil: now thou seest plainly." And the Witness by his side, He shall say, a scroll unfolding, "This is what I testified." Loud shall sound th' award eternal: "Hurl to hell the misbelievers, Sinners, liars;—let infernal "Torments seize perverse transgressors!" Then will speak the wan deceivers, Seeking pleas and intercessors. But the awful Voice shall thunder, "Wrangle not in Allah's hearing Many a sign and many a wonder "Did forewarn ye of repentance; Time is past for more forbearing; Not with Us is change of sentence." Heaven shall say to Hell that morning, "Art thou full?" Hell shall inquire, "Hast thou others?" blackly yawning With choked gullet. But believing Souls will see, brought nigh and nigher, Paradise's gates, receiving Those to whom We promised Heaven. "Patient ones! forever striving Toward the Merciful! forgiven Are your falterings; enter ye Into peace; now is arriving The great Day of eternity." @3Forewarner and Fulfiller! we Confess with dread Thine equity@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEONORA; A PANEGYRICAL POEM by JOHN DRYDEN THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE by AMELIA OPIE LOOKING FORWARD by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A BALLADE OF COLLEGE GIRLS by F. R. BATCHELDER A QUARTET ('THE MIKADO' AT CAMBRIDGE) by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |